Sex sting nets two at ‘spa’

Thursday

May 1, 2014 at 5:14 PM

Russel Langley/The Oak Ridger

Anderson County Sheriff's Department deputies shut down King Accupressure, 2683 Andersonville Highway, Clinton after an employee allegedly offered to perform oral sex on an undercover investigator for $100.According to a report written by investigator Robert Carroll, he and other deputies went to the "spa" on Tuesday afternoon to investigate allegations of prostitution. Posing as a customer, he reportedly was shown to a massage room with a table and other supplies by a woman he identified in his report as Chong Kim, 68, of Duluth, Ga. Carroll wrote that Kim said she would “send a girl” and left the room.After a few minutes, another woman, identified as Young Hwa Park, 56, also of Duluth, Ga., entered the room and allegedly asked Carroll if he wanted a massage. Carroll said that he did and she told him the cost was $80. Carroll gave her the money and she allegedly told him to undress and she started to leave the room. When he asked where she was going, she reportedly replied, "to turn in the money."Carroll wrote that he undressed to his underwear and laid face down on the massage table to wait for Park. When Park returned, she told Carroll to remove his underwear, according to the report. Park then asked Carroll if he wanted a "strong, medium, or soft" massage. Carroll said strong and Young placed a towel "over my middle section" and began the massage.Carroll wrote that after about 30 minutes Park told him to turn over so that he was on his back on the table. She again placed the towel over his "middle section" and continued the massage. At some point Park allegedly grabbed Carroll's hand and placed it on her butt. She continued to massage Carroll and then allegedly asked him if he wanted oral sex.Carroll asked Park how much more that would cost and she allegedly said "just a little more." Carroll removed several bills from his wallet and showed them to Park. Park allegedly pointed to the $100 bill and had him place the bill under the sheet.Carroll said that Park went across the room to get more lotion and he identified himself as a deputy sheriff. Carroll had Park sit in a chair in the room and gave the signal to enter the business to deputies waiting outside. The deputies entered the business and took both women into custody.During a phone interview, Chief Deputy Mark Lucas would not reveal how the Sheriff’s Department learned about the alleged prostitution activities, but said the business was listed on the website, backpage.com.According to a sheriff's department press release, the information on alleged prostitution activities came from the county's Law director, Jay Yeager.The press release also states that the business license for "King Accupressure" was seized because it was allegedly fraudulently obtained. The department also learned that the property owner did not know of the activity allegedly being conducted at the business.The press release thanked District Attorney General Dave Clark and Yeager for their assistance in the investigation. It also attributed the two arrests to "quick work" by department investigators.Kim remained in jail on Wednesday morning on $10,000 bond. She was charged with promoting prostitution. Park was not listed on the Sheriff’s Department website as being in custody, but Lucas said she was charged with prostitution and released on bond.Russel Langley can be reached at (865) 220-5514.